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Public Power Week Celebrated at Grant PUD
Local Utility Part of National Celebration Honoring Customers, Employees
EPHRATA, WA -- The first week of October marks the 20th year that public power utilities across America celebrate Public Power Week. It is an annual opportunity for more than 2,000 publicly owned electric utilities to honor employees and citizens for placing a high value on the choice to be served by a customer-owned, locally controlled, not-for-profit utility.
It was 20 years ago that Grant PUD Commissioner Vera Claussen joined with her policy making colleagues at the American Public Power Association to bring attention to the important contributions to the lives of customers from their public utilities with a annual Public Power Week celebration.
Grant PUD shares this Public Power celebration with customers, and takes this opportunity to recognize retiring Commissioner Vera Claussen for her dedicated service to public power principles locally, regionally, and nationally over the past 47 years.
When Grant County citizens voted in 1938 to form their own public utility district, that action began an effort to build an electric service system and a hydropower generation project that ranks among the best in the nation. The combination of Columbia Basin Project water and Grant PUD low-cost electricity forms the backbone of Grant County’s strength today.
Public Power week is an opportunity to celebrate all the benefits of having a locally controlled utility that provides reliable, affordable, and responsible utility services.
Public power is an American tradition that works!
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Grant County Public Utility District is a Washington state municipal corporation that began electric service in 1942. Owned by the people it serves, Grant PUD generates and sells electricity to Grant County residents and millions of customers throughout Central Washington and the Pacific Northwest. The Priest Rapids Project, comprised of Priest Rapids and Wanapum Dams, produces nearly 2,000 megawatts of clean, renewable and reliable electricity – enough to supply a city the size of Seattle. A leader in science based technology; Grant PUD is committed to finding effective measures for the protection, mitigation and enhancement of salmon, steelhead and other natural and cultural resources.
Media Contact:
Gary Garnant
(509) 754-5027 / ggarnan@gcpud.org |
